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The Wildebeest Years
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Publish Date
- 21 September 2023
- Run Time
- 5 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A complete collection of this eclectic puntastic Radio 4 sketch comedy
Bringing together both The Wildebeest Years and Forty Nights in the Wildebeest, this fantastic collection showcases the brilliant, pop-culture-filled and one-liner-rich comedy of Nick Romero and Dan Freedman. From Incy Wincy Quincy, spider pathologist, and The Archers abroad (and in a new sci-fi format) to an amoebic Top Gear, Richard Coles as Robin Would, and a family of salad starring in Tossed in Space, the cabaret-style show features music from the house band, The Gents, and is full of wit, fun, and all the puns you could ever need.
In Forty Nights in the Wildebeest, Dan and Nick offer up a sheep version of Star Trek, an American Blackadder, and a very serious probing of the French Revolution, just in time to eavesdrop on some Radio 4 newsreaders after hours, before taking a quick visit to the Planet of the Grapes.
Dan Freedman has previously worked on The Now Show, The Minister of Chance, and the award-winning Stephen Fry webcast Death Comes to Time; Nick Romero has written and performed for The Now Show, I Think I've Got a Problem, and The Cornwell Estate. This fast-paced show is perfect for all comedy fans of Small Scenes, The Hudson and Pepperdine Show, and Galton and Simpson, and will leave you asking: what did Frankenstein have to do with the death of the dinosaurs?...
Cast and credits
Featuring Dan Freedman, Nick Romero, and Richard Coles
Written by Dan Freedman and Nick Romero
Music by The Gents
Produced by Julian Mayers
Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4:
Wildebeest Years: 5 August - 16 September 1998
Forty Nights in the Wildebeest: 11 April - 16 May 2000
©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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Details
- Author
- Dan Freedman and Nick Romero
- Narrator
- Dan Freedman, Nick Romero, Richard Coles
- Duration
- 5 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 September 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529911770
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- BBC Audio
- Genre
- Humorous fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Satirical fiction and parodies
Synopsis
A complete collection of this eclectic puntastic Radio 4 sketch comedy Bringing together both The Wildebeest Years and Forty Nights in the Wildebeest, this fantastic collection showcases the brilliant, pop-culture-filled and one-liner-rich comedy of Nick Romero and Dan Freedman. From Incy Wincy Quincy, spider pathologist, and The Archers abroad (and in a new sci-fi format) to an amoebic Top Gear, Richard Coles as Robin Would, and a family of salad starring in Tossed in Space, the cabaret-style show features music from the house band, The Gents, and is full of wit, fun, and all the puns you could ever need.In Forty Nights in the Wildebeest, Dan and Nick offer up a sheep version of Star Trek, an American Blackadder, and a very serious probing of the French Revolution, just in time to eavesdrop on some Radio 4 newsreaders after hours, before taking a quick visit to the Planet of the Grapes.Dan Freedman has previously worked on The Now Show, The Minister of Chance, and the award-winning Stephen Fry webcast Death Comes to Time; Nick Romero has written and performed for The Now Show, I Think I've Got a Problem, and The Cornwell Estate. This fast-paced show is perfect for all comedy fans of Small Scenes, The Hudson and Pepperdine Show, and Galton and Simpson, and will leave you asking: what did Frankenstein have to do with the death of the dinosaurs?...Cast and credits Featuring Dan Freedman, Nick Romero, and Richard ColesWritten by Dan Freedman and Nick RomeroMusic by The GentsProduced by Julian MayersOriginally broadcast on BBC Radio 4: Wildebeest Years: 5 August - 16 September 1998Forty Nights in the Wildebeest: 11 April - 16 May 2000©2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
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